President Javier Milei spoke on Friday, delivering critiques on multiple fronts. During a streaming interview with Alejandro Fantino, he accused Rodrigo Valdés, the IMF delegate, of being linked to Kirchnerism. He also attacked the authorities of an Argentine bank, alleging efforts to destabilize his libertarian administration. “It’s like a $2 billion bank run in one day. Obviously, the bank orchestrated a run against us. It’s a politically aligned bank,” the head of state remarked.
Throughout the interview, Milei continued to target Kirchnerism but also focused on his disagreements with several liberal economists, whom he labeled “libertarados.”
In particular, Milei addressed his differences with former government advisor Teddy Karagozian, who was removed from the Council of Advisors this week.
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“This week, they wanted to push the dollar to 1800 pesos, and we left them as red-faced as mandrills. That’s why they’re upset, and that’s why the traitor bear appeared, trying to cause trouble to drive up [the dollar],” the President declared.
Discussing the Kirchner administration’s handling of the exchange market, Milei emphasized: “What Cristina did in government—taking over the Central Bank with reserves and twice leaving with negative reserves—was to create an artificial official exchange rate to make you sell dollars, buying expensive dollars and selling them cheaply to importers, beyond the chaos of the SIRAS. I’m doing the opposite; I’m buying dollars cheap and selling them expensive. She bought dollars expensive and sold them cheap.”
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